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SWsoft Plesk Reloaded Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of an XSS bug in Plesk Reloaded

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Plesk Reloaded (from SWsoft), a web based
system administration tool.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting
attack.

A possible hacker can exploit it by compromising the values of the parameter
cat_select in login_up.php3.

This can be used to take advantage of the trust between a client and server
permiting the malicious user to execute malicious JavaScript on
the client's machine.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version of this software
Risk factor: Medium

Networks Security ID: 11024

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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